Dean Hawkins

Dean Hawkins has led international businesses at the forefront of the broadband, digital media, television and sports industries in Australia and overseas for the past 14 years. Mr Hawkins is Chairman at Skins Consolidated Pty Ltd, the manufacturer of Skins sports compression garments, and a strategic advisor to the media industry. He was previously an executive director of Video Networks Limited ('VNL', UK's first IPTV platform) and an executive director of Chello Media (a European broadband ISP and digital media company). He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, having received BAFTA and Emmy awards for TV channels created by his teams at VNL. a director of Sydney Dance Company and was a founding board member of the Salvation Army Oasis Centre, a centre for homeless youths and suicide prevention services in Sydney. He is a chartered accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree.